Algebra - math word problems - page 29 of 312

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Milk with water 2
If 50 liters of a mixture contains milk and water in a ratio of 3:2, how much milk must be added to the mixture to have milk and water in a ratio of 9:4?
A sum 6
A sum at simple interest of 4% per annum amounts to 3120 USD in 5 years. Find the sum.
Three workers
A can do a work in 16 hours, and B alone in 24 hours. If A, B, and C work together and finish it in 8 hours, then C alone can finish it in how many hours?
A stock
A stock of food is enough to feed 50 people for 14 days. How many days will the food last if 20 more people are added?
A potato
A potato farmer incurred a total cost of $1600 and $2500 from producing 5 and 8 potato bags, respectively, in 2 separate weeks. Find the cost of x bags.
Simple interest pa
If a sum of money doubles in 8 years at simple interest, in how many years will it become 3 times the original amount?
Years 3
How long will it take for a given sum of money to triple itself at 20% annual compound interest?
Three workers
Three people - A, B, C . A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days, B and C can do it in 24 days, A and C can do it in 36 days.In how many days B alone can finish the work?
Per annum
At a certain time, a sum becomes 4 times at the rate of 5% per annum. At what rate of simple interest the same sum becomes 8 times in the same duration
The speeds
The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2:3:4. What is the ratio of the times taken by these cars to travel the same distance?
Three journeys
If a person covers three equal distances at the speed of 30 km/h, 15 km/h and 10 km/h respectively, then find out the average speed during the whole journey.
Two men
2 men or 3 women can do a piece of work in 45 days. Find, in how many days 6 men and 1 women be able to complete the same work.
A boat
A boat covers 20 km in an hour downstream and covers the same distance in 2 hours upstream. Then, find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream.
What will
What will be the average of the numbers from 1 to 51?
And or logic
If A and B are events with P(A)=0.3, P(A OR B)=0.76, and P(A AND B)=0.04, find P(B). Enter your answer in decimal form, rounded to one place.
And - or probability rules
Given P(A)=0.4, P(B)=0.56, and P(A and B)=0.274, find the value of P(A or B), rounding, if necessary.
Ekene and Amina
The probability that Ekene will be alive in 5 years' time is 3/4, and the probability that his wife Amina will be alive in 5 years' time is 2/5. Find the probability that in 5 years' time: a) both of them will be alive b) only Ekene will be alive
The temperature 38
The temperature has been dropping 2 degrees every hour, and the temperature at 10:00 AM was -15 degrees Fahrenheit. At what time was the temperature 0 degrees Fahrenheit?
Two masons
Mason A can build a wall in 30 days, while Mason B can build it in 40 days. If they build it together and receive a payment of $7,000, what is B's share?
A piece of work
12 men or 18 women can do a piece of work in 14 days, then how long 8 men and 16 women take to finish the work?

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